Player Dossier

2009-2013

Buffalo

Brandon Murie

RB • 5'9" • Elma, NY, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Brandon Murie leans balanced backfield option traits and 28.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

43

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

58

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

Brandon Murie built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a running back from Elma, NY wearing No. 26, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Brandon Murie's career was his backfield work: 285...

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Brandon Murie, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Buffalo. Brandon Murie leans balanced backfield option traits and 28.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
339
Rushing yards
285
Receiving yards
54
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Brandon Murie quick answers

Latest team and position
Buffalo · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
339
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 17 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · Buffalo
Top game
UConn
Latest roster
No. 26 · Class 2013
2013 Scrimmage yards rank
31 scrimmage yards · RB 454th (top 88%) · Mid-American 178th (top 79%) · National 1,779th (top 77%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonBuffalo00000-
2010 Regular SeasonBuffalo00000-
2011 Regular SeasonBuffalo533330027.9
2012 Regular SeasonBuffalo927522154350.1
2013 Regular SeasonBuffalo331310017.1

Related Context

Brandon Murie played RB for Buffalo. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Murie recorded 285 rushing yards, 54 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Buffalo paired 275 primary output with 40.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 40.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Loss with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

30.6

Efficiency

40.4

Usage

12.1

Consistency

25.3

Best Game by takeover score

UConn

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Morgan State: 13. Kent State: 37. UConn: 109. Northern Illinois: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Toledo: 0. Western Michigan: 17. Massachusetts: 90. Bowling Green: 9

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Morgan State: 3 by 45.1. Kent State: 9 by 42.8. UConn: 19 by 43. Western Michigan: 6 by 29.5. Massachusetts: 16 by 58.6. Bowling Green: 4 by 23.4

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins40 · Games = 3 · +14.2 vs Losses
Losses25.8 · Games = 6 · -14.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UConn

Best efficiency game

58.6 vs Massachusetts

Result
Fri 11/23@ Bowling GreenL 7-21492.3002.3
Sat 11/17@ MassachusettsW 29-1916905.6015.6
Sat 11/10vs Western MichiganW 29-246172.8002.8
Sat 10/27vs ToledoL 20-25
Sat 10/20vs PittsburghL 6-20
Sat 10/13@ Northern IllinoisL 3-45
Sat 9/29@ UConn2+ TDL 17-2418553.1011545.7
Wed 9/19vs Kent StateL 7-239374.1004.1
Sat 9/8vs Morgan StateW 56-343134.3004.3

Player Story

Brandon Murie story

Brandon Murie built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a running back from Elma, NY wearing No. 26, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Brandon Murie's career was his backfield work: 285 rushing yards, 67 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 54 receiving yards across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 54 receiving yards and 409 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Murie's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Buffalo

    2009-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonBuffalo0
2010 Regular SeasonBuffalo00
2011 Regular SeasonBuffalo3382.81.233
2012 Regular SeasonBuffalo27540.412.1242
2013 Regular SeasonBuffalo3128.63.9-244

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UConn

Week 5 · L 17-24

Loss with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

109

Scrimmage Yards

81 takeover

109 scrimmage yards and 36.5 usage.

#2

@ Massachusetts

Week 12 · W 29-19 · Conference game

90

Scrimmage Yards

72.9 takeover

Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

90 scrimmage yards and 27.1 usage.

#3

vs Bowling Green

Week 13 · L 28-42 · Conference game

18

Scrimmage Yards

65.5 takeover

Loss with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

18 scrimmage yards and 3.1 usage.

#4

@ Western Michigan

Week 7 · W 33-0 · Conference game

29

Scrimmage Yards

64.3 takeover

Win with 29 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

29 scrimmage yards and 6.1 usage.

#5

vs Akron

Week 12 · W 51-10 · Conference game

15

Scrimmage Yards

56.6 takeover

Win with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

15 scrimmage yards and 2.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Buffalo

275 primary output · 40.4 efficiency · 12.1 usage

50.1

#2

2011 Regular Season · Buffalo

27.9

33 primary · 82.8 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Buffalo

17.1

31 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games